— from Skagit Valley Herald —
The man accused of killing five people during the Sept. 23 shooting at Cascade Mall died Sunday evening while being held in the Snohomish County Jail.
Arcan Cetin, 20, died in an apparent suicide, Skagit County Prosecuting Attorney Rich Weyrich said Monday morning. Cetin appeared to have hanged himself.
Cetin was charged with five counts of murder for the shooting that left three women, a man and a teenage girl dead.
At the request of one of his lawyers, Cetin had been held in Snohomish County for about a month, Weyrich said.
The move to Snohomish County came about because Cetin was making statements to other inmates that were “against his best interests,” said Skagit County spokeswoman Bronlea Mishler.
Cetin was awaiting results of a second competency evaluation, a hearing for which had been scheduled for next week.
Instead, Weyrich said, the case will be dropped.
SOURCE and to read more: Skagit Valley Herald
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